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Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere.

Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere.

Jacqueline Woodson
Fifteen, Sixteen
Jacqueline Woodson (2006). “If You Come Softly”, p.29, Penguin

I remember my mother would get upset with me 'cause she said I walked like my dad. But I think it was more like, there's something about you that's not quite ladylike and femme. And then when I got older - once I came out, my mom and grandma were horrified and just kind of like, where did we go wrong?

Jacqueline Woodson
Mom, Mother, Dad
"Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 10, 2014.

Nothing in the world is like this- a bright white page with pale blue lines. The smell of a newly sharpened pencil the soft hush of it moving finally one day into letters.

Jacqueline Woodson
Moving, Blue, White
Jacqueline Woodson (2014). “Brown Girl Dreaming”, p.136, Penguin

You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D

Jacqueline Woodson
Heart, Forever, My Heart
Jacqueline Woodson (2008). “After Tupac and D Foster”, p.78, Penguin

I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking. —Lena

Jacqueline Woodson
Heart, Thinking, Broke
Jacqueline Woodson (2006). “Lena”, p.22, Penguin

If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them." —Staggerlee

Jacqueline Woodson
World, Enough, Ifs

I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last Summer was a part of me and now a part is gone. —Margaret

Jacqueline Woodson
Summer, Dream, Memories

Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn't like people who didn't think. I didn't know if that was snobby. Who wanted to walk around explaining everything to people all the time?

Jacqueline Woodson
Thinking, People, Brain
Jacqueline Woodson (2008). “After Tupac and D Foster”, p.21, Penguin

You have those walls up all around you...Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that the cement is all hard. What you gonna do then?

Jacqueline Woodson
Wall, Tears, Want

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